Latest Cybersecurity News and Articles

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Organizations Warned of Exploited Sudo Vulnerability

The vulnerability could allow local, low-privileged attackers to execute commands with root privileges, leading to full system compromise. The post Organizations Warned of Exploited Sudo Vulnerability appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Evolving Enterprise Defense to Secure the Modern AI Supply Chain

The world of enterprise technology is undergoing a dramatic shift. Gen-AI adoption is accelerating at an unprecedented pace, and SaaS vendors are embedding powerful LLMs directly into their platforms. Organizations are embracing AI-powered applications across every function, from marketing and development to finance and HR. This transformation unlocks innovation and efficiency, but it also

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U.K. Police Just Seized £5.5 Billion in Bitcoin — The World’s Largest Crypto Bust

A Chinese national has been convicted for her role in a fraudulent cryptocurrency scheme after law enforcement authorities in the U.K. confiscated £5.5 billion (about $7.39 billion) during a raid of her home in London. The cryptocurrency seizure, amounting to 61,000 Bitcoin, is believed to be the single largest such effort in the world, the Metropolitan Police said. Zhimin Qian (aka Yadi Zhang),

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CISA Sounds Alarm on Critical Sudo Flaw Actively Exploited in Linux and Unix Systems

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added a critical security flaw impacting the Sudo command-line utility for Linux and Unix-like operating systems to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2025-32463 (CVSS score: 9.3), which affects Sudo versions prior to

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The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act Faces Expiration

The CISA is set to expire on September 30, 2025, raising urgent questions about risk, politics, and the future of threat intelligence. The post The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act Faces Expiration appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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EvilAI Malware Masquerades as AI Tools to Infiltrate Global Organizations

Threat actors have been observed using seemingly legitimate artificial intelligence (AI) tools and software to sneakily slip malware for future attacks on organizations worldwide. According to Trend Micro, the campaign is using productivity or AI-enhanced tools to deliver malware targeting various regions, including Europe, the Americas, and the Asia, Middle East, and Africa (AMEA) region.

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WestJet Notifies American Consumers of Data Breach

WestJet, an Alberta Partnership and Canadian commercial airline headquartered in Calgary, Alberta has notified United States residents of a recent cybersecurity incident that may affect certain individuals' personal information.

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⚡ Weekly Recap: Cisco 0-Day, Record DDoS, LockBit 5.0, BMC Bugs, ShadowV2 Botnet & More

Cybersecurity never stops—and neither do hackers. While you wrapped up last week, new attacks were already underway. From hidden software bugs to massive DDoS attacks and new ransomware tricks, this week’s roundup gives you the biggest security moves to know. Whether you’re protecting key systems or locking down cloud apps, these are the updates you need before making your next security

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The State of AI in the SOC 2025 - Insights from Recent Study 

Security leaders are embracing AI for triage, detection engineering, and threat hunting as alert volumes and burnout hit breaking points. A comprehensive survey of 282 security leaders at companies across industries reveals a stark reality facing modern Security Operations Centers: alert volumes have reached unsustainable levels, forcing teams to leave critical threats uninvestigated. You can

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Cyberattack on JLR Prompts £1.5 Billion UK Government Intervention

The government has announced a support package, but a cybersecurity expert has raised some concerns. The post Cyberattack on JLR Prompts £1.5 Billion UK Government Intervention appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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SafeHill Emerges from Stealth With $2.6 Million Pre-Seed Funding

Co-founder Hector Monsegur, formerly known as “Sabu,” a black hat hacker and leader of LulzSec, now serves as SafeHill’s chief research officer. The post SafeHill Emerges from Stealth With $2.6 Million Pre-Seed Funding appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Dutch Teens Arrested for Allegedly Helping Russian Hackers

One of the two 17-year-old boys allegedly walked by law enforcement and embassy offices carrying a Wi-Fi sniffer. The post Dutch Teens Arrested for Allegedly Helping Russian Hackers appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Akira Ransomware’s Exploitation of SonicWall Vulnerability Continues

In one attack, the hackers leveraged the Datto RMM utility on a domain controller and various other legitimate tools to evade detection. The post Akira Ransomware’s Exploitation of SonicWall Vulnerability Continues appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Microsoft Flags AI-Driven Phishing: LLM-Crafted SVG Files Outsmart Email Security

Microsoft is calling attention to a new phishing campaign primarily aimed at U.S.-based organizations that has likely utilized code generated using large language models (LLMs) to obfuscate payloads and evade security defenses. "Appearing to be aided by a large language model (LLM), the activity obfuscated its behavior within an SVG file, leveraging business terminology and a synthetic structure

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First Malicious MCP Server Found Stealing Emails in Rogue Postmark-MCP Package

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered what has been described as the first-ever instance of a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server spotted in the wild, raising software supply chain risks. According to Koi Security, a legitimate-looking developer managed to slip in rogue code within an npm package called "postmark-mcp" that copied an official Postmark Labs library of the same name. The

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British Department Store Harrods Warns Customers That Some Personal Details Taken in Data Breach

Four people were arrested in July on suspicion of their involvement in cyberattacks against Harrods and two other leading British retail chains, Marks & Spencer and the Co-op and Harrods. The post British Department Store Harrods Warns Customers That Some Personal Details Taken in Data Breach appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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China-Linked PlugX and Bookworm Malware Attacks Target Asian Telecom and ASEAN Networks

Telecommunications and manufacturing sectors in Central and South Asian countries have emerged as the target of an ongoing campaign distributing a new variant of a known malware called PlugX (aka Korplug or SOGU). "The new variant's features overlap with both the RainyDay and Turian backdoors, including abuse of the same legitimate applications for DLL side-loading, the

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Researchers Expose SVG and PureRAT Phishing Threats Targeting Ukraine and Vietnam

A new campaign has been observed impersonating Ukrainian government agencies in phishing attacks to deliver CountLoader, which is then used to drop Amatera Stealer and PureMiner. "The phishing emails contain malicious Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) files designed to trick recipients into opening harmful attachments," Fortinet FortiGuard Labs researcher Yurren Wan said in a report shared with The

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In Other News: LockBit 5.0, Department of War Cybersecurity Framework, OnePlus Vulnerability

Other noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: Co-op lost £206 million due to cyberattack, South Korean credit card company hacked, Maryland Transit Administration ransomware attack. The post In Other News: LockBit 5.0, Department of War Cybersecurity Framework, OnePlus Vulnerability appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Interpol Says 260 Suspects in Online Romance Scams Have Been Arrested in Africa

The operation took place in July and August and focused on scams in which perpetrators build online romantic relationships to extract money from targets or blackmail them with explicit images, Interpol said. The post Interpol Says 260 Suspects in Online Romance Scams Have Been Arrested in Africa appeared first on SecurityWeek.